Tag archives: Kentucky HEALTH

MEDICAID ALERT: Work and community engagement requirements blocked by federal court

By Jeff Wurzburg (US) on March 28, 2019 Posted in News from DC

“As Opening Day arrives, the Court finds its guiding principle in Yogi Berra’s aphorism, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”” – Judge James Boasberg, Gresham v. Azar. On March 27, United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge James Boasberg ruled that Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Azar’s approval of work … Continue reading

Medicaid update: CMS again approves Kentucky HEALTH Medicaid demonstration

By Jeff Wurzburg (US) on November 26, 2018 Posted in News from DC

On November 20, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) again approved the Kentucky HEALTH 1115 demonstration. Kentucky HEALTH was the first Section 1115 demonstration that CMS approved with a work and community engagement requirement as a condition of eligibility for coverage under Medicaid. The demonstration requires certain Medicaid beneficiaries to engage in … Continue reading

CMS opens new comment period for Kentucky HEALTH

By Jeff Wurzburg (US) on July 23, 2018 Posted in News from DC

“In light of the district court’s decision in Stewart v. Azar,” CMS has opened a new 30-day comment period for the Kentucky HEALTH demonstration project that would implement work or community engagement requirements as a condition of eligibility. On June 29, 2018, Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. Federal District Court for the District … Continue reading

Status of Medicaid reform in Kentucky, Mississippi and Maine

By Thomas Dowdell (US) on July 12, 2018 Posted in News from DC

On January 11, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to State Medicaid Directors that signaled their support of section 1115 demonstration projects that include work or community engagement requirements, as previously summarized in the Health Law Pulse. CMS prompted State Medicaid Directors to respond to this letter with proposals … Continue reading